darlingdog Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Hello, my 7 year old pointer has severe arthritis in his shoulder and is on cartrophen injections. Vet has just suggested we put him on Coseqin, anyone been getting good results with this ? My vet tells me he has done a lot of research into this and that this is the best product on the market followed by Sacha's blend. He tells me it's the rate of absorbsion that is most important...for example glucosamine tablets absorbed at a rate of around 10%, Sacha's blend is around 80% and Cosequin DS is higher again. Thoughts ?? Thanks in advance for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Archie~ Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Cosequin and Joint Guard are the best 2 products on the market. Joint Guard works out to be more cost effective than Cosequin, and you can get a range of sizes, as well as a chew! They are both made by the same company. I have used Joint Guard for years with fantastic results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Cosequin and Joint Guard are the best 2 products on the market. Joint Guard works out to be more cost effective than Cosequin, and you can get a range of sizes, as well as a chew! They are both made by the same company. I have used Joint Guard for years with fantastic results. Thanks so much, I will look into the joint guard. More cost effective would be great ! I swear these companies must think we have money trees in our backyards ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harley Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Both of my dogs have the cartrophen injections every 3 months. Vet also recommended the cosequin, of which I did buy one bottle of. After doing my own research I have now switched them to joint guard aswell. They are doing well on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 7, 2011 Author Share Posted May 7, 2011 Both of my dogs have the cartrophen injections every 3 months. Vet also recommended the cosequin, of which I did buy one bottle of. After doing my own research I have now switched them to joint guard aswell. They are doing well on this. Thanks Harley, I think that's how I will proceed too as I already have the first bottle of the Cosequin. Also cannot believe how much cheaper it is to buy then online as opposed to the vet !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyesblue Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 My 11 year old staffy has severe arthritis and she has been to a specialist in Sydney about 2 years ago. He recommended cartrophen injections, gabapentin tablets (a human drug that has had excellent results) and carprophen tablets. I also use joint guard which i think has helped alot as well. She is a little fussy but eats the joint guard no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rottifan Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 My rotti is now ten and a half. I had no luck with any supplements or injections years ago and recently as well. I see an animal chiropractor regularly and once your dog has its pinched nerves released and it is in alignment its amazing how the symptoms that are attributed to "arthritis" seem to disappear! Worth a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 My 11 year old staffy has severe arthritis and she has been to a specialist in Sydney about 2 years ago. He recommended cartrophen injections, gabapentin tablets (a human drug that has had excellent results) and carprophen tablets. I also use joint guard which i think has helped alot as well. She is a little fussy but eats the joint guard no problem. Pip's mum thanks for the reply. Will make a note of that drug for the time when we have to start down the road of drug therapy and it's good to know your fussy eater will eat joint guard as my boy is also a fussy bugger. Are the gabapentin tablets expensive ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 My rotti is now ten and a half. I had no luck with any supplements or injections years ago and recently as well. I see an animal chiropractor regularly and once your dog has its pinched nerves released and it is in alignment its amazing how the symptoms that are attributed to "arthritis" seem to disappear! Worth a try Rottie fan funny you should say that, my vet actually suggested some kind of release that is done in the greyhound world but it was tried and in my boy's case did not work. I have seen his xrays and the joint damage is severe and we have also seen a specialist so I know we have to go into maintaining him as best we can but thank you for your suggestion. Pleased to hear your dog gets good results with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyesblue Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 My 11 year old staffy has severe arthritis and she has been to a specialist in Sydney about 2 years ago. He recommended cartrophen injections, gabapentin tablets (a human drug that has had excellent results) and carprophen tablets. I also use joint guard which i think has helped alot as well. She is a little fussy but eats the joint guard no problem. Pip's mum thanks for the reply. Will make a note of that drug for the time when we have to start down the road of drug therapy and it's good to know your fussy eater will eat joint guard as my boy is also a fussy bugger. Are the gabapentin tablets expensive ? I work for a vet hospital so am lucky enough to get tablets at cost. Normal price is about $3 a tablet and she has 1/2 twice a day which is a high dose and you may not need that much. You may be able to get a script from the vet and it may be cheaper from the chemist. Honestly without these tablets i would have had to have her PTS as one elbow was so bad she would not put any weight on it. She gets around so well you would not know she had a problem. They apparently do not have long term side effects and are used for nerve damage patients and severe pain in humans. Also another big thing he said was to keep the weight off her - the slimmer the better. (easier said than done) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 My 11 year old staffy has severe arthritis and she has been to a specialist in Sydney about 2 years ago. He recommended cartrophen injections, gabapentin tablets (a human drug that has had excellent results) and carprophen tablets. I also use joint guard which i think has helped alot as well. She is a little fussy but eats the joint guard no problem. Pip's mum thanks for the reply. Will make a note of that drug for the time when we have to start down the road of drug therapy and it's good to know your fussy eater will eat joint guard as my boy is also a fussy bugger. Are the gabapentin tablets expensive ? I work for a vet hospital so am lucky enough to get tablets at cost. Normal price is about $3 a tablet and she has 1/2 twice a day which is a high dose and you may not need that much. You may be able to get a script from the vet and it may be cheaper from the chemist. Honestly without these tablets i would have had to have her PTS as one elbow was so bad she would not put any weight on it. She gets around so well you would not know she had a problem. They apparently do not have long term side effects and are used for nerve damage patients and severe pain in humans. Also another big thing he said was to keep the weight off her - the slimmer the better. (easier said than done) Not surprised to hear the cost YIKES ! but that's ok, if we need to go down that road we will, whatever we get the best result with. Re the weight, no problems there, I have trouble keeping the weight ON him and he's very fit. We have 3 pointers and we are on 2 acres so they are always on the move. Thanks again for the information, I will be discussing it with my vet. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I'm about to have my older kelpie given a course of Acupuncture as everything else has failed, will let you all know how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darlingdog Posted May 10, 2011 Author Share Posted May 10, 2011 I'm about to have my older kelpie given a course of Acupuncture as everything else has failed, will let you all know how it goes. Good luck with the acupuncture. Many years ago we lived and worked in Japan. The horses we worked with ( dressage horses ) were treated each fortnight with acupuncture and I have to say when we rode them the day after their treatment they always felt so much better.I hope you get some good relief for your kelpie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everythings Shiny Posted May 11, 2011 Share Posted May 11, 2011 I'm about to have my older kelpie given a course of Acupuncture as everything else has failed, will let you all know how it goes. Good luck with the acupuncture. Many years ago we lived and worked in Japan. The horses we worked with ( dressage horses ) were treated each fortnight with acupuncture and I have to say when we rode them the day after their treatment they always felt so much better.I hope you get some good relief for your kelpie. Me too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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